User Manual Instruction Guide To Honeywell Security Alarm Vista 20p

SYSTEM OVERVIEW
General Congratulations on your ownership of an Ademco Partitioned Security System. You’ve
made a wise decision in choosing it, for it represents the latest in security protection
technology today. Ademco is the world’s largest manufacturer of security systems and
millions of premises are protected by Ademco systems.
This system offers you three forms of protection: burglary, fire and emergency. Your
system consists of at least one keypad which provides control of system operation,
and includes various sensors which provide perimeter and interior burgla~ protection,
plus smoke or combustion detectors designed to provide early warning in case of fire.
The system uses microcomputer technology to monitor all protection zones and
system status and provides appropriate information for display on the keypad(s) used
with the system, and initiates appropriate alarms. Your system may also have been
programmed to automatically transmit alarm or status messages over the phone lines
to a central alarm monitoring station.
A Partitioned Simply stated, a partitioned system is a single physical alarm system that provides
System independent areas of protection intended for use by independent users. For the most
part, you need not know about other users and their structure in the system, but from
time to time, you may see display messages which indicate the system is in use by
another user. Do not be concerned, this is normal.
Zones Your system’s sensing devices have been assigned to various “zones.” For example,
the sensing device on your Entry/Exit door may have been assigned to zone 01,
sensing devices on windows in the master bedroom to zone 02, and so on. These
numbers will appear on the display, along with a description for that zone (if
programmed), when an alarm or trouble condition occurs.
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SYSTEM OVERVIEW
Burglary Your system provides four modes of burglary protection: STAY, AWAY, INSTANT and
Protection MAXIMUM, and allows you to BYPASS selected zones while leaving the rest of the
system armed. You must turn on or “arm” the burglary protection portion of your
system before it will sense burglary alarms. The system also provides a CHIME mode,
for alerting users to the opening of protected doors and windows while the system is
disarmed. Refer to the other sections of this manual for procedures for using these
features.
The following table lists the four different arming modes and the results of each.
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Mode Exit Delay Entry Delay Perimeter Armed Interior Armed
AWAY Yes Yes Yes Yes
STAY Yes Yes Yes No
INSTANT Yes No Yes No
MAXIMUM Yes No Yes Yes
Security Codes At the time of installation, you were assigned a personal four-digit security code,
known only to you. You must enter the security code when arming and disarming the
system, and when performing other system functions. As an additional safety feature,
other users who do not have a need to know your code can be assigned different
security codes. Refer to the SECURITY CODES section for procedures on adding
security codes to the system.
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Fire Protection The fire protection portion of your security system (if used) is always active and will
sound an alarm if a fire condition is detected. Refer to the FIRE ALARM SYSTEM
section for important information concerning fire protection, smoke detectors and
planning emergency exit routes from the premises,
Alarms When an alarm occurs, both the keypad and external sounders will sound, and the
keypad will display the zone(s) causing the alarm. If your system is connected to a
central monitoring station, an alarm message will also be sent, To stop the alarm
sounding, simply disarm the system.
Memory of Alarm When an alarm condition occurs, the keypad displays the number(s) of the zone(s) that
caused the problem, and displays the type of alarm (ex. FIRE, ALARM). It remains
displayed until it is cleared by disarming the system (see DISARMING THE SYSTEM
section).
Phone Access & Your system may include a voice module that will permit you to access the system via
Voice a Touch-tone phone, either on-premises or by call-in when away. The phone access
Response feature will enable you to do the following:
CapabiliW ● Receive synthesized voice messages over the telephone regarding the status of the
security system.
● Arm and disarm the system and perform most function commands via the telephone,
with voice confirmation provided after each command entry.
Complete information regarding the use of this feature is provided in a separate
manual entitled PHONE ACCESS USER’S GUIDE, which accompanies the voice
module.